The "Ship of Theseus" article has been edited 1792 times since it was created in July of 2003. At present, 0% of the phrases in the original article (seen below) remain.
I generally think wikipedia vandalism is unfunny and immature and I care enough about the sanctity of the encyclopedia to act like a total narc when people deface it. but there is one example that unfortunately makes me laugh every time I see it. so here you go.
Sometimes Wikipedians get SO sick of people making the same edits over and over and over that they'll add angry invisible comments that pop up when you try to make a change. Thread of my favorites!
1. From "Beyoncé" (Texas birth certificates don't allow accented letters)
21 years ago today, people gave a real keyboard to real monkeys to test the infinite monkey theorem. The monkeys pooped on the keyboard, threw stones at it, and wrote this
Thread of bad submissions to wikipedia logo contests! First up: a bunch of encyclopedias mashed together to form a centipede (a "wikipede") wearing groucho glasses (2003)
There was a six year old in the 13th century whose drawings were preserved. They’re wild battle scenes and spelling practice, and one even says “I am a wild beast.” Sometimes I forget that kids in the olden days were still kids